Afternoon all from Waitangi Day in Aotearoa :) Plenty of controversy on Wednesday as some senior political leaders turned up to address the assembled Māori (not Prime Minister Christopher Luxon who c… (View Post)

Not sure I agree with much of this - I think most people vote more negatively than just for cakeism as you put it. Yes, the parties could take cakeism off the agenda and that requires parties to be s… (View Post)

Evening all from MMP land. :) I’ve been an advocate for PR for local elections for decades and it’s an idea, rather like Land Value Taxation, whose time has surely come. I’m more ambivalent about PR … (View Post)

This old chestnut. AV isn’t proportional so we can ignore that. I suspect the overwhelming majority of voters vote on a party basis and to be clear that means they vote against one or more parties so… (View Post)

Indeed, and as the Conservatives are demonstrating here, parties which are rejected by the electorate rarely find renewed popularity either easily or quickly. Dissatisfaction or disillusionment with … (View Post)